What makes a character a good character?

Originally posted by ScarletSpeed
liking a character such as ichigo doesn't mean you have a clouded judgement on what is a generic character or not.

Of course not, it just removes his right to call any other generic.

Ichigo is like one of the worst characters to exist. I like Bleach a lot more than most others on this forum, but Ichigo is shonen stereotypes incarnate.

Originally posted by llagrok
Of course not, it just removes his right to call any other generic.

Ichigo is like one of the worst characters to exist. I like Bleach a lot more than most others on this forum, but Ichigo is shonen stereotypes incarnate.

edit,

never mindcrackers

Originally posted by llagrok
Dude, Mayuri.

Bump

Originally posted by Kris Blaze
Peter Quill.

Best character....ever

That honor goes to Christopher Rudd.

Originally posted by Enyalus
Almost.

That honor goes to Christopher Rudd.

I stand corrected.

I was going to make a new thread seeing if people could describe why they like their favorite character (without citing the character's powerset or battles won or feats as reasons).

But instead I decided to bump my old one with a similar premise, and hope people give more substantive reasons than those in brackets above. 313

a good origin and well developed characterization having a motivating factor with why he is the way he is and does the things he does.

powers/ability's

but not just that also the attitude and principles.

for example i do not like green arrow but i do like his ability....just not his character so to speak

Three factors mainly:
Conception- the original idea behind the character
Execution- how the character is actually written
Development- how the character has held up over the years and whether newly introduced ideas have hurt the character or helped it.

Frank Miller's Daredevil

a silver surfboard.

A character that is composted of 50% win and 50% god(like Apocalypse and or Tyrant)

Originally posted by TheTyrant
A character that is composted of 50% win and 50% god(like Apocalypse and or Tyrant)

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Originally posted by TheTyrant
A character that is composted of 50% win and 50% god(like Apocalypse and or Tyrant)

In other words fanwank. Nah, that doesn't make a good character, if anything irrational fanboys ruin a character.

a cape and underwear outside their costume. also lingerie

It entirely depends on what you're into.

If you're not into crime-fighting, noir-style and martial arts action combined with introspective religious and moral conflict, Daredevil isn't for you. If you are, it will be.

To judge whether a character has an almost objectively (ALMOST) good premise, look at the consistency of his or her runs.

Daredevil, for example, has not had a bad comic released since Kevin Smith wrote #1 of Vol. 2, just my opinion. Even when Daredevil has had some less that stellar writers, it was always "Meh" or "Ok", never shit, because he's a great character.

Just my opinion.

-AC

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
In other words fanwank. Nah, that doesn't make a good character, if anything irrational fanboys ruin a character.

And you hate the character.

What I posted is true, Apoc is 50% god and the other 50% of him is pure win.

Originally posted by TheTyrant
And you hate the character.

What I posted is true, Apoc is 50% god and the other 50% of him is pure win.

In your opinion.

-AC